In this post you’ll learn how to develop a tech-friendly task that addresses the Common Core State Standards. Read about an iPad app that helps first and second graders create and identify geometric shapes while developing higher-order thinking skills required by the Common Core math standards.
This post gives you 18 ways that teachers are using iPads to in all areas of their classroom. From improving student achievement to taking attendance and behavior management. This post also has a list of virtual field trips that are available via iPads.
Kindergarten teacher and Apple Distinguished Educator Kristi Meeuwse documents her adventures teaching with iPads in a 1:1 classroom. The activities and student work she shares on her blog will inspire you to try out new projects with your elementary school students. You can watch her Apple Education feature that details some of the ways she has transformed reading in her classroom using iPad and iBooks Author.
Apple Distinguished Educator Kristen Wideen shares tons of tech-friendly ideas on her blog. This post discusses iPad centers that you can set up in your classroom right away. As you explore Mrs. Wideen’s site, you’ll find links to iPad stations and numerous ideas for grades K-2 and beyond.
Digital storytelling has cross-curricular connections and is especially powerful in the English language arts classroom. Learn about a storytelling app that helps students use technology to produce and publish writing, collaborate with others, and hit the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing. This article includes ideas that you can take back to your classroom and connect to different units of study.
18 Uses for iPads in your classroom
iTeach With iPads (iTeach With iPads)
6 Ready to Go iPad Centers (Mrs. Wideen’s Blog, 2013)
Common Core in Action: Using Digital Storytelling Tools in the ELA Classroom (Edutopia, 2014)
The above links were found at http://www.edutopia.org/ where additional ideas can be found.